PM 41192015 Our Award Winning Homes NB H MES & RENOS Téléchargez une copie de notre magazine en français en visitant www.nbhomebuild- ers.ca/fr • Award Winning Builders • Your List of Energy Efficient Builders & Renovators • Solar Talk • Certified Net Zero Homes - Your 1st Steps to Zero Energy • Your List of Professional Builders & Renovators & Home Building Professionals 506-459-7219 www.nbhomebuilders.ca The Canadian Home Builders’ Table of Contents Association New Brunswick Offers These Programs And 04 - A Committment to Building Excellence Services IF CERT IED - Learning From The Past, Building For The Future n 06 io t ia c o s s A N ’ e s r w e B d l r i u u n B s w - Our Industry’s Little Secret e i m c k o 08 H n TM a i d a n a C Let’s Build Something! er - Kitchen Talk With Avondale Kitchens M ld 12 aster Bui 13 - Solar Talk 16 - Net Zero Homes... Homes That Produce as Much Energy as They Consume 18 - Kitchen Talk With Avondale Kitchens 19 - Know Your Insulation 24 - Buying New - Choices and Decisions 25 - 2017 CHBA-NB Awards of Excellence Winners 36 - Your List of Energy Efficient Builders & Renovators 37 - CHBA-NB Membership Listings - Find a Builder/Renovator 20 LOCATIONS IN Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors NEW BRUNSWICK Editor & Contributing Writer: TO SERVE YOU! Claudia Simmonds, CAE Chief Executive Officer Photography CHBA-New Brunswick Bang-On Photography • Atholville • Moncton Harrisville • Saint John West [email protected] Phone 1-888-634-2506 www.bangonphoto.com Publisher, Graphic Designer: Staging & Set Placement • Bathurst • Moncton Trinity Published by the Canadian Home Builders’ Mallory Carter Carrie Green Design • Shediac Association New Brunswick Carter’s Graphics Phone 506-447-2429 carriegreenedesign.ca 207-403 Regent Street [email protected] Fredericton, NB E3B 3X6 • Bouctouche • Miramichi • St. Stephen Phone 506-459-7219 Fax 506-450-4924 [email protected] • Edmundston • Petitcodiac • Sussex www.nbhomebuilders.ca • Fredericton North • Rothesay • Tracadie • Fredericton South • Riverview • Woodstock • Grand Falls • Saint John East WE’RE YOUR ATLANTIC CANADIAN TEAM! (506) 459-7219 www.nbhomebuilders.ca 3 In fact, they both have worked hard to establish and maintain their Local A Committment to Building Excellence Home Builders’ Association in Sussex, outstanding shop teacher who inspired “What I enjoy most about NB. This Association provides people confidence and showed them the sat- in that beautiful, pastoral New Bruns- isfaction that could be achieved from being a builder is the end wick town with a small, but strong and creating, building and working with result, having people vibrant Home Builders’ Association. their hands and they went on to earn walk away happy with Bruce credits his 20-year membership a trades’ certification. No matter how a quality product”. with the Association as the secret to people enter our industry, one thing is the substantial growth of his business. for certain, they are a breed apart and of his career he has built and renovated “I feel that B&W Contracting is set apart require a well-rounded set of skills to hundreds of homes in the Sussex area from non-CHBA members due to the be successful in the business; busi- where he and his family reside. Bruce added training demanded by the CHBA ness savvy, communication skills, peo- will be the first one to tell you that it is that adds professionalism and credibil- ple skills and a thirst for continuous im- not an easy job but a rewarding one, ity due to the requirements set out to provement. With daily building science “What I enjoy most about being a build- become a member”. Bruce took his discoveries and regulation changes er is the end result, having people walk professionalism to a whole new level occurring in the industry, builders have away happy with a quality product”. in 2014 when he met the training and to be involved and stay informed on educational requirements and became trends, regulations, building codes and Living and working in a small town CHBA NEW BRUNSWICK’S FIRST most importantly, the needs and wants has its advantages, and disadvantag- CERTIFIED MASTER BUILDER™, of their clients – the homeowner. es; you know everyone, and everyone leading the way for his fellow builder knows you and your business suc- members. Information, peer support, communica- ceeds or not by your reputation and tion, advocacy, training certification and most jobs come your way via referrals. integrity is where the Canadian Home Robert & Theresa Kimble are repeat Builders Association comes into the customers of B&W Contracting. “We “We knew we were going picture; and that is what we provide our hired B&W Contracting because we to hire Bruce and his team members - a full host of benefits to sep- are so comfortable with Bruce and his at B&W Contracting but arate those professionals who choose team, we have known each other for (l-r) Bruce Carhart, B & W Contracting Ltd. - Robert Kimble knowing that he was a to belong from those who do not. 30-years, but mostly because Bruce’s Building and renovating homes is very work stands for itself. I used up all of member of the Canadian serious business for members of the Being a member is one thing, but step- my good taste when I choose my wife Home Builders’ Associa- Canadian Home Builders’ Association. ping into the role of President, well that Theresa” says Robert, “Bruce’s team tion was a bonus which Its members are not part-time builders is quite another. Our Association is knew exactly what Theresa was look- or weekend warriors, but rather men built, owned and governed by a group ing for and they hit it off, we knew we added another layer and women who have made residential of hard-working member volunteers. were in good hands”. of security for us”. construction their life’s work. For many, People who take the time to share, lead each project becomes a source of pride and inspire. No one fits that role more In CHBA circles, Bruce Carhart and When we asked Bruce what advice he and a legacy of craftsmanship. so than our President, Bruce Carhart of his wife Juanita are known for more would give someone starting out in the B&W Contracting Ltd. of Sussex NB. than just outstanding builders, they are business he was quick to say “be hon- Many people who work in our industry known for their commitment and dedi- est, always have a concrete detailed grew up in a construction family with a Bruce got into the residential construc- cation to the Canadian Home Builders’ contract and don’t be afraid to ask ques- long legacy of dedication to the craft. tion industry when he was a teenager Association. Both have served on nu- tions from others in the industry, most Some catch the bug in high school as a labourer, learning the industry from merous national, provincial and local of whom are only too happy to share, because back in the day they had an the ground up. Throughout the course committees and boards of directors. get involved with the Home Builders Association and earn the creditability and integrity the Association gives its members”. What advice does he have for consumers; “do your homework, get a detailed contract, compare apples to apples by getting three quotes, and en- sure that your builder is a professional builder who carries liability insurance, is in good standing with WorkSafe NB, has experience under their belt and provides you with warranty on your new home, or you could just hire a CHBA Member because they ensure their members have and maintain those cre- dentials”. Robert Kimble agrees, “We knew we were going to hire Bruce and his team at B&W Contracting but knowing that he was a member of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association was a bo- nus which added another layer of se- curity for us”. (506) 459-7219 www.nbhomebuilders.ca 4 (506) 459-7219 www.nbhomebuilders.ca 5 often pushing back against the federal On the financial side, Canada Mort- government’s tendency to dictate how gage and Housing Corporation was Learning From The Past, Building For our industry should operate. founded in 1949 and introduced mort- gage insurance, freeing banks to lend These arguments with government to home buyers. The Future were intense and frequent, as many bureaucrats and politicians believed By the early 1950s all the essential By: Nathan Stone, CHBA 2018 National President that home building was so important parts of our current ‘housing system’ to Canada and its economy that it were in place, not withstanding end- shouldn’t be entrusted to the private less arm-wrestling between our Asso- sector. ciation and government about exactly how things should work. In response to those in government who favoured central planning, build- The one thing our Association and gov- ers innovated and worked to improve ernment always did agree on was that There were no sheet materials. Plas- both the quality of new homes, and the home building was a critically import- ter was laid by hand. And the average efficiency of the building process. ant industry, and that homeownership small home required about two and a was a good thing that should be en- half person-years of labour to build. They quickly adopted the use of a won- couraged. Building practices varied from place to derful new material called ‘plywood’ for place, as provincial building codes did sheathing wall and roof assemblies. What followed was the longest and not yet exist – and each municipality Roof trusses were introduced, as was greatest economic expansion in Can- set its own standards.